By Ayodele Oni
The verbal assault between Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, continue .
Lere Olayinka, Media Aide to the FCT Minister, has upped the ante by saying that the Oyo state Governor has reached his dead end in politics.
Olayinka, made the remark when he fired back at the Makinde, over a comment against his principal. Makinde has dumped Wike in a trash can of those he categorised as “vagabonds” in the Peoples Democratic Party.
In the run up to the 2023 Presidential election, Makinde, Wike and three other Governors (then) of Abia, Enugu and Benue had ganged up to work against their Party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. They called their group the G5. But Makinde and Wike have since fallen apart and the Oyo State Governor has now distanced himself from the group. A couple of days ago, he apologised for ever being a member of the group and said he had become born-again.
Reacting, Lere Olayinka in a post on his official Facebook page, called Makinde a “political vagabond”.
Olayinka wrote, “There is this political vagabond in Ibadan. He is only loyal to his personal political interests and he is always ready to sacrifice anything, including friendship.
“In 2007 when he sought PDP ticket to contest for Senate and he couldn’t get it, he went to ANPP.
“In 2015 when he sought PDP ticket to contest for Governor and he couldn’t get it, he went to SDP.
“Now that this vagabond has been expelled from the PDP, and his Ibadan Amala Kanifa is nullified by the court, where will he go next?”
Makinde had on Tuesday thrown jabs at Wike, for saying he (Wike) is interested in the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in Oyo State.
Speaking at a PDP National Executive Council meeting, the minister said above any other thing, he is interested in the PDP structure in the state being led by Makinde.
The comment, however, didn’t go well with the Oyo State governor, who is an arch rival of Wike.
Speaking at the opening of a new PDP secretariat in Ibadan on Tuesday, Makinde described Wike and other members of the PDP faction as vagabonds, insisting that the Oyo chapter of the party remained stable, focused and united.
“In Yoruba land, we always say that if you see a house or compound that is peaceful, the vagabond in that house has not grown up.
“The vagabond in PDP, they grew up in 2015, they had their time and then 10 years, they practiced their vagabond in the PDP but they have been expelled in November 2025, so no more vagabond in PDP,” Makinde said.
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